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DEFINITION: v. To worry about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the ultimate demise of our planet. n. Anxiety caused by the fear of nuclear bumblers.

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Nuclearandpresentdanger

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: nu kleer and prez ant dayn jer

Sentence: Adam Bomber was the top sales rep for Gone Fission...the Nuclear Product Company whose sales targets were not bang-on! Adam Nuisance is what the Military Buyer, Dr.Oppenheimer, called him, because he was after them every week selling add-ons. "Yes, for this week only we are offering a BOGO on Pogo (a Buy One, Get One nuclear armaments sale, where you could wipe out the island of Pogo. What Adam did not realize was that POGO was an acronym for Project On Government Oversight, an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more accountable federal government.) You could say that his sales pitch bombed, his profits would not mushroom, he was a nuclearandpresentdanger to his peers and his targets imploded. People were not surprised to read in the Society columns that Mr. Adam Bomber would soon be marrying Miss Eva D. Struction were spending their honeymoon in Nagasaki Japan!

Etymology: Nuclear ((weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy) & Clear And Present Danger (Play on a Title of a Tom Clancy Novel, made into a movie)

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Awesome! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-05: 13:08:00

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Nuclefear

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nookleefeer

Sentence: Every news report about Iran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb adds to Walter's nuclefear.

Etymology: nuclear (pertaining to or involving atomic weapons) + fear (a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc)

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Conflaggravation

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun

Sentence: Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Larson that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation.

Etymology: Blend of 'conflagration' (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and 'aggravation' (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble)

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Nukefearbungle

Created by: TJayzz

Pronunciation: Newk-fee-er-bun-gel

Sentence: Tony would often lie awake at night stricken with the thought of nukefearbungle. All sorts of questions ran through his mind, what if someone accidentally pushed THE button resulting in the destruction of our planet. What would happen? Would there be any survivors? How long would they be able to survive? He finally decided to start building a nuclear bunker in his garden and stock it with enough food and supplies to last for at least three years.

Etymology: Nuke(short for nuclear) + Fear)a state of high anxiety) + Bungle(a istake, or be incompetent) = Nukefearbungle) See Nuclear bunker

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COMMENTS:

great combo - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:42:00

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Pessibush

Created by: jajsr

Pronunciation: Pess-e-bush

Sentence: John, an avid BBC fan, always managed to bring up his pessibushitic views during casual conversations at work. Screw your upcoming vacation or your kid's accomplishments in school, the world is going to be at nuclear war!

Etymology: Combination of "Pessi" from pessimist - an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome; and "Bush" from former President Bush.

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Conflaggravation

Created by: Mustang

Pronunciation: con-flahg-rah-VAY-shun

Sentence: Though his colleagues tried to convince Professor Bernhardt that his fears of a nuclear holocaust were unreasonable, the professor nevertheless suffered an almost constant state of conflaggravation.

Etymology: Blend of 'conflagration' (A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning) and 'aggravation' (A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble)

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Kevinbaconeutronstarophobia

GlobalGallery

Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: Kevin-Bacon-Neutron-Star-o-phobia

Sentence: 1. A Neutron Star is an astronomical object in the dying stages of it's existence. 2. A star that is dying could be referred to as a Death Star. 3. The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon occupied by Darth Vader and his crew. 4. Darth Vader is the cental antagonist in the Star Wars films. 5. 'Star Wars' was the pet name for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. 6. The SDI was designed to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. =Kevinbaconeutronstarophobia

Etymology: Based on the trivia game 'The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' that links many major Hollywood actors to Kevin Bacon through six or less interconnecting film roles.

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great blent of what is and what might be, a very savvy insight into fact and sci-fi. Extraordinary! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00

blend not blent, darn my fingers! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00

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Fussion

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: fyoo-shun (like fusion)

Sentence: A frission of anxiety ran through Amanda as she read the magazine article on the H bombs. She did not know that is was a publication of the conspiracy theorists, and was soon in a complete state of fussion.

Etymology: fusion (a type of nuclear reaction) + fuss (worry) Frisson (a shudder of emotion) + fission (another type of nuclear reaction)

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Defissioncy

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: de fish on see

Sentence: Pierre was terribly afraid of nuclear war. In fact he was suffering a severe defissioncy. When people joked about nuclear holocaust to him, he always said "Fermi la bouche!"

Etymology: Deficiency (something lacking) & Fission (a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy) Enrico Fermi (Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954))

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Thebigbangfeary

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: the/big/bang/feer/ee

Sentence: Stu equated thebigbangfeary to all the nations on the planet giving ultimatums and counting to ten. It was inevitable that someone would push the button. Even balloons bursting caused him to break out in a cold sweat.

Etymology: The Big Bang Theory + fear

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Clever! - TJayzz, 2009-02-04: 07:30:00

terrific choices in your etymology for captures the feeling that sometimes the end of one thing is the beginning of another, even though we don't know what or if that may be. Your verbotomy will live forever in my memory along with hope. Super in the nth degree! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:47:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-02-04: 00:01:01
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2010-08-19: 00:08:00
Today's definition was suggested by silveryaspen. Thank you silveryaspen. ~ James

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